"During this year’s SIGGRAPH, Crytek’s Nicolas Schulz and Theodor Mader finally admitted how much more powerful high-end PCs were compared to both current-gen consoles at launch. Obviously this isn’t surprising at all, but it’s at least good to see developers admitting what we already knew.

As Crytek’s Rendering Engineers revealed, when both Xbox One and PS4 were already dated the moment they came out."

I guess they are talking about all current gens consoles. Also noticed the said "at the moment they came out, I guess PC will always lead the way.

Aweful? Get real. You fanboys are truly absurd. Most of Crytek's games have scored well. Not to mention that the user reviews are generally on the positive side. But yeah let's go on pretending that their games all suck .

CryTek can still turn things around for themselves if they just release a TimeSplitters game, and by that I do not mean a Timesplitters skin on a Crysis game, I want a real Timesplitters, local co-op, hundreds of weapons and characters and be a real blast to play.

If you want the best Graphics and VR tech and backwards compatibility with older game including some console games with emulation and a machine that double as a entertainment system for wide range of use that's completely unmatched then get a PC....

If you just want something thats very cheap at initial start up but cost more then a PC over time(psn+, PSnow, xbl, $60 games) and has very few good exclusives left then get a console.

you make it seem like PC is so pick up and play and simple. do you know when upgrading PC some older games stop working or need to be reprogrammed to work on new hardware ? then theres the high electric bill you will receive for running your ultra powerful master race PC. never trust anything that comes out of a PC gamers mouth. most of them are 40 year old virgins who have no responsibilities and will never get laid. master race indeed.

"never trust anything that comes out of a PC gamers mouth. most of them are 40 year old virgins who have no responsibilities and will never get laid. master race indeed."

So much fail in that paragraph that I don't even know where to start.

Pc gamers are the ones with the most responsibility and chances are make the most money... my job is stressful but it pays so damn good and I can't speak for other PC gamers but my fiancée can tasify that I get laid lol....

Dude, we have no doubts that PC surpasses consoles in hardware power, graphics and visual fidelity, not to mention the strategy games that are unplayable on consoles...

But man, please, stop saying that consoles costs more than a PC. I had a gaming PC and the costs in electricity, peripherals, gamer accessories and hardware upgrade are much higher, and the digital games in consoles can be easily shared into 2 players, so the price per game is still lower than PC.

A console will be cheaper and more efficient for playing all the games, because it was made for playing games. There is always something better, but not necessary more efficient ;)

They each got their perks , even if pc more so than consoles ... but i doubt many people look more than superficially at cost .

They consider cost , but would usually just pick the ecosystem they are comfortable with .

And you're kidding yourselves if you think consoles only got "a few exclusives" worth fussing about . Same goes for pc . It would even be more about what genre of gaming are predominant than the amount of titles .

Do you care that there are 100 exclusives pc mmos if you aint into mmos ? Same goes with jrpgs and some other genres on consoles

"How many graphic card upgrades do you need to stay up to date with a pc? Lol.... surely not just one.."

to be up to date by pc standards? yeah sure you probably want to upgrade once every 2-3 years. but no need to upgrade if it's just to keep up with console standards lol. a PC gamer that can only play Watch Dogs or BF4 in 900p would probably want to upgrade, but by console standards that's totally fine.

Just upgraded my PC last month and started mining cryptocurrency (bitcoin, litecoin). Cost me just over $1500 to build a MONSTER rig and it will be paid off in less than a year through mining. I'm now looking at annual upgrades and still MAKING money. Sorry, consoles lose the cost argument by a mile.

Why are PC gamers elitist I do not get it you act like you are a better person because you play games on a PC your not the only person to act that way on this site is it hard to believe some people can't afford a high end pc hell I work in I.T. so I hate computers in a way the last thing I want to do when I get home is set at my computer desk lol why be such a dick about it also I just do not get why do all PC gamers feel they have to be a prick whenever the topic come up it is almost not even worth talking about then you bash spacedelete for saying what he said when he is right to view things like you you are either young and very dumb or you are a pathetic old guy who has nothing better to do than to try and make fun of console gamers or make yourself feel like a giant because you game on a PC I just do not get it. Sorry I might have gone overboard but I can't stand how some PC gamers act just like people fighting over which console is better a person works hard let them buy what they want to play on.

OT: These guys are ass hats they always praise consoles when they have a game coming out then bash consoles afterward.

@kreate What does what you are doing have to do with gaming? You don't even need to be a gamer to flip product for a profit so I don't see how that is relevant to his comment. Blackmagic is saying his pc will pay for itself in less than a year by mining bitcoin which can't be done with a console. I know this is true because I also mine bitcoin.